Ever heard of the Tennessee Walkers? They are champion horses trained by linking a young horse with an elder, so that, in walking together the gait of the younger is perfected by the gait of the elder. This is the clearest picture of discipleship I’ve ever seen. It is exactly what Jesus did with … Continue reading Walking…
I’m writing this piece on January 1, 2017 and I’m inspired to embrace faith as never before. Many who know me would be surprised to hear me say this because I have a reputation for believing God – that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him diligently. But it’s … Continue reading Only God
The thing about being happy in this relationship with the Lord is that I feel safe and protected. I know He’ll never leave me. He’ll never have to die again. So I feel free to be myself and be totally vulnerable. I think the unsafe feeling people sometimes have comes from trying to stand on … Continue reading The thing about being happy
“If it doesn’t kill you, it will make you strong.” I heard this axiom over and over as a child in my grandmother’s house. Whenever there was a challenge of any kind. A new skill to parade publicly. A poem to recite. A welcome to extend. A piano solo to perform. “If it doesn’t kill … Continue reading It killed me AND it made me strong
Beloved Child, I’ve spent most of your time on earth trying to convince you of my love. We didn’t have that problem when we were together in heaven before I formed you in your mother’s womb. We were great friends and were in constant communication. And I want the same thing with you now. But … Continue reading All I see is Jesus
I like equating prayer with walking because it’s an ongoing action that’s rhythmic and progressive. And it’s something I can do easily and without help or props, even when I don’t feel like it. I can choose to move when nothing in me agrees.The prayer-walking biblical character who speaks volumes to me, although not so … Continue reading Enoch walked With God…until
Knowing who he is Knowing who you are in him You don’t need to re introduce yourself. You know he made you. You don’t need to ask for salvation. You know you’re already redeemed. You don’t have to explain why you showed up. You know he was watching out for you. You don’t need to … Continue reading Just step to him correctly
The preachers have been working all week, at least, trying to put the crowning cap on that sermon, one of seven, that will distinguish itself from the platform collective. Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Luke 23:34 Today you will be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43 Woman, behold your son. … Continue reading Any God’s (Good) Friday
The feet that Jesus washed that Thursday on his way to the cross were not nearly so dainty and manicured as the ones we present in worship these days. Jesus had a meal with the disciples as he often had, explaining that this would be the last one before he accomplished the crucifixion for which … Continue reading The feet that Jesus washed
I want to be dancing in the river rivers of living waters waters that never stop moving, rising, overflowing I want to be stepping in the river rivers of living waters waters that never stop cleansing, healing, sealing I want to be walking in the river rivers of living waters waters that never stop quenching … Continue reading Rivers of living waters
Dorothy Scott Boulware 